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What can your team actually afford?
Power 4 money desk · House · capacity · booked NIL

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New on the site: NIL 101.

What is NIL? Who pays it? What changed when schools started paying players directly? Are players employees?

Plain-English answers in about 3 minutes. Then look up what your team can actually afford.

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@KevinWheeler94 Mizzou buyout desk (booked): Drinkwitz $10.25M · university-fire buyout $51.6M · capacity ~$140.3M. House spent empty on our books. https://t.co/MnK7IEZzBN

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@USC_Nico UCLA House desk (booked): $20.5M House spent · Chesney $5.4M · buyout $21M · capacity ~$148M. Locking up the coach ≠ emptying the spent lane. https://t.co/FI6lkOMdti

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@On3 Columbia money board: Beamer $8.15M / buyout $27.9M · SC capacity ~$132.1M · Kentucky House spent ~$18M (live) · Stein $5.5M. https://t.co/buGfgnBqyE https://t.co/hicSkLHu2t

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@LifeandBall CU books, not vibes: capacity ~$93M · Sanders $10M · buyout $33.6M · House spent $7.67M on a partial 3-month window (not full Year 1). https://t.co/MdFR0esKy1

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@usatodaysports Colorado money board (booked): Sanders $10M · buyout $33.6M · capacity ~$93M · House spent $7.67M (partial Jul–Sep 2025 window only — not a full Y1 total). https://t.co/MdFR0etinz

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@CoachingBuzzUS Buyout desk (media vs books): that ~$80M fire number isn’t confirmed on our site. Booked: Riley $11.5M · USC football spend $74.0M · capacity ~$76M. https://t.co/Xqm9RpOkOa

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@RossDellenger Hard-cap talk ≠ school ledger. Desk still books House Year 2 athlete ceiling: $21.58M. Texas has actually booked $18.0M House spent (live). Ceiling ≠ spent. https://t.co/DxGBZZtFMd https://t.co/ERu7Chp2Yh

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@mrmatta66 Hot-seat buyout board (booked): Beamer’s university-fire number $27.9M · Locksley’s $13.4M · Maryland capacity ~$148M · Locksley pay $6.1M. Heat ≠ ledger. https://t.co/buGfgnBqyE https://t.co/wBhYwh8hcI

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USA TODAY’s hot-seat board just parked Mike Locksley near the top — after UCLA dropped 54–3 in College Park.

Desk books his fire overhang at $13.4M (USA TODAY as of Oct 8, 2025).
HC pay: $6.1M · Maryland capacity: $148M.

Fresher MPIA tape (Washington Times, Sep 24): school-side buyout ~$9.95M at 65% of remaining through 2028 — not yet on our desk cell.

What would it cost Maryland to move on?

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@BabyLuka15 @LouisvilleMBB @patkelsey @CoachRHamilton Congrats on the Louisville visit! Athletics desk: ~$115.4M capacity; House Year-2 ceiling ~$21.6M school-wide.
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@lucaianders2027 @umichbball @thacoachmike @SBNation @MaizenBrew Congrats on the Michigan visit! Athletics desk: ~$228M capacity; House Year-2 ceiling ~$21.6M school-wide.
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@JAYMITCH_1 @APittardVols @Vol_Football @BFNDFball @BasoreCoach @CoachRitcheyFB @JeffHoweth7 @samspiegs @malloryhartley Congrats on the Tennessee offer — Vols desk: ~$255.3M capacity.
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@remelloa9 @AggieFootball @LThornburghTAMU @CoachBGA @BuckFitz @NatlPlaymkrsAca @NCEC_Recruiting @jaxon_rose8 @Hunter_DeNote @Canon_Jackson7 @adamgorney @ChadSimmons_ @RivalsHS @247recruiting @FRAathletics Congrats on the Texas A&M offer — Aggies desk: ~$140.3M capacity.
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@ChristianMays23 @CoachK_Baker @TexasFootball @nemcc_football @coach_stigers @coachcannon97 @CoachGDavisFB Nice Texas offer — Longhorns desk: ~$309.4M capacity.
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@SamuelSb28 Congrats on the Florida commit — Gators desk: ~$140.3M capacity.
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The Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act 77–22 last night. Not law yet. Schools could spend up to $22.5M more to keep players, plus up to $5M tied to women's and Olympic NIL, on top of the House cap. That's as much as $27.5M. Will the House pass it?

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@UncommittedU House desk: Year 2 athlete-pay ceiling $21.58M. Texas has booked $18.0M House spent (live window). Texas capacity $309.4M · Sarkisian $11.1M. Ceiling ≠ spent. https://t.co/ERu7Chov8J

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@RollTideProds Week 5 money board (Starkville): Alabama capacity $214.2M · DeBoer $12.5M / buyout $60.8M · Miss State capacity $140.3M · Lebby $4.37M (House spent empty). https://t.co/Gy6yaGPr1b https://t.co/FZPbuv8oxY